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Aug. 19 1924.

D. ZUCKER CAP Filed Jan. 10. 1923 I/VVENTOJE:

Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

UNITED STATES DAVID ZUCKER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

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Application filed January 10, 1923. Serial No. 611,724.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID ZUOKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Caps, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a cap with a detachable member that will serve for earlaps, collar, and partial muflier.

Some caps now on the market have no depending member to keep the back of the neck warm and dry or to protect the ears in extracold weather. Other caps now on the market have such members permanently attached to them, which makes them unsuitable for wear except when the weather is extremely cold. They are moreover subject to the disadvantage that the merchant needs to carry them in stock, with the consequenttying up of ca ital therein, while if the weather be mild he may sell very few or none of them. The price of the latternamed kind of caps is greater than that of caps without the said depending collar, and the merchant may lose sales of caps if he carries in stock only those that have the collar.

This invention provides a detachable combined collar, partial muflier, and ear-protector. This can be carried in stock for a small investment, because it costs less than a whole cap and because one standard size will suit all sizes of caps, whereas, it is necessary in carrying a stock of caps to carry all sizes.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

Figure 1 is a side elevation with this dc vice attached, part of the cap being broken away to show the means of attachment;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through part of the cap and through part of this device and showing the attaching means;

Figure 3 this device;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 4-.4 in Figure 3, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevational view is an interior side elevation of of the inner band portion of the cap showing pleats overlying the female members of the fastener when out of use.

To the cap 1 is attached the detachable flap 2, which are fastened together by means of the ball-and-socket fasteners comprising the male members 3 and the female members 4. It is immaterial whether the male members or the female members are attached to the cap 1 or to the flap 2, as reversal of these parts will not interfere with the operation of this device. By preference the male members 3 are attached to the flap 2 and the female members 4 to the band 1 of the cap 1. I

The flap 2 is provided with a band 5, which is stitched at 6 to the main body of the flap 2. The said band 5 forms a flexible joint or hinge between the flap 2 and the cap 1, so that, if desired, the flap 2 can be turned up within the lower inside margin of the cap 1.

The male members 3 are inserted through the band 5 and are provided with the flanges 7 and 8, so as tightly to grip the cloth or other flexible material of band 5, the shank 9 passing through a perforation through band 5. I

The female members a are suitably clamped or fixed in the lower margin or band 1 of cap 1, so that in co-operation the male and female members 3 and i will attach the flap 2 to the cap 1.

The flexible hinge formed by the band 5 allows the flap 2 to be turned upward within the cap 1 in case of the weather becoming warmer or drier, so that it is undesirable to continue to wear it turned down; or the flap can be readily entirely detached. The thickness of band 5 is relatively less than that of flap 2 and therefore its insertion within cap 1 does not materially diminish the size of the interior measurement of cap 1.

In Figs. 9. and 5 the cap 1 is illustrated as being provided with an inside fabric lining 11. This lining is shown in Fig. 2 as being forced into the socket of the female member for permitting the male member 3 to be readily received therein. The portion of the fabric lining positioned within the female member 1- may be suitably secured therein, if desired or the lining may isto normally between the head of the wearer and the sepbe left loose and forced into the female member 4 when the male member 3 is forced therein. The lining 11 is shown in Fig. 5 as being formed with a pleat 10 so constructed, shaped and arranged that it will overlie the portion of the lining positioned within or intended to be positioned within the female member 4 and thereby concealing the same from view.

This pleat 10 is considered as forming a important part of the invention. It has been stated that an important object of the invention is toprovide a cap and an ear 'flap that may be detachably secured at will to the cap. Also, that a merchant may sell the cap alone to a customer that does not Want an ear flap. For this reason, the cap must be manufactured so that it can be used Without the ear flap and without having an appearance that something is missing or that something else normally forms a. part of the cap, but that something else is missing. Therefore, the pleat forms a very elficient means for concealing the presence or existence of the female member 4 when the cap is to be sold and used without the flap.

Furthermore it will be very apparent that if the flap 2 is purchased with the cap and if it is attached and detached ver many times, the portion of the fabric lining 11 interposed between the metallic members 3 and 4 of the separable fastener will become worn and eventually a hole will appear in the lining. The cap will then be disfigured and will not have a very pleasing appearance. The pleat 10, however, will efiiciently cover such a worn place in the lining and its existence will not be apparent.

A still further utility for the pleat 110 place three plies of fabric arable fastener member carried by the band 1 when the flap is not attached, ii'istead of but one ply as would be the case if the pleatwere not provided. This naturally adds to the comfort of the wearer.

' Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A cap having a detachable flap attached thereto by ball-and-socket fasteners, the said fasteners being located in the lower margin of the cap and in the upper margin of the flap, and there being pleats covering the fasteners in the lower margin of the cap when the said fasteners are not in use to provide ample protection between the head of the wearer and the fastener member carried by the cap.

2. A cap having a detachable [lap attached thereto by separable fasteners, said cap embodying an outer body, an inner lining and an intermediate band, parts of said fasteners being carried by the band and said flap carrying the other parts of said fasteners and dclachably engageable with the first named fastener parts with the cap lining interposed tln-rebetween.

3. A. cap having a detachable flap attached thereto by separable fasteners, said cap embodying an, outer body, an inner lining and an intermediate band, parts of said fasteners being carried by the band and said flap carrying the other parts of said fas teners and detaclnrbly engageable with the first named fastener parts with the cap linmg interposed thereb(. tween, the fastener )arts carried bv the ca band beiin female men'ibers and the lining of the cap exlending therein.

4. A cap having a detachable flap attached thereto by separable fasteners, said cap embodying an outer body, an inner liumg and an intermediate band, parts of said fasteners being carried by the band and said flap carrying the other parts of said fasteners and detachably cngageable with the first named fastener parts with the cap lining interposed therehetweeu, the fastener parts carried by the cap baud being female men'ibers and the lining of the cap extending therein. and pleats formed on the cap lining adapted to overlie the lining within tener parts carried by the cap band when the flap is detached lherefrom.

in testimonywhereof l hermuito aflix my signature.

DAVID ZUCKER.

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